Queen Elizabeth II announced a new commission for countering extremism as she addressed the State Opening of Parliament in London on Wednesday. The queen carried on with her royal duties at the ceremonial opening despite the announcement that her husband, Prince Philip, has been hospitalised.

(Published Wednesday, June 21, 2017)

Several men who witnessed the attack pinned Osborne to the ground until police arrived. He was heard to say "I want to kill more Muslims," prosecutor Jonathan Rees told the jury during the 10-day trial.

Osborne, of Cardiff, Wales, had pleaded not guilty. He claimed a man named Dave was driving the van when it struck the crowd. Prosecutors argued that Dave did not exist, and no witnesses or video evidence were produced to indicate a second person in the van.

Prosecutors said Osborne was radicalized over just a few weeks, in part through online far-right propaganda. Searches for prominent extreme-right figures — including English Defense League founder Tommy Robinson and Britain First leader Paul Golding — were found on his computer.

Osborne's partner, Sarah Andrews, told prosecutors he had become "brainwashed" and was a "ticking time bomb."

Prosecutors said they classified the crime as terrorism because Osborne acted to advance a political purpose.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has described an attack on crowds gathered outside a north London mosque as a "sickening" attempt to destroy liberties that unite Britain, such as freedom of worship.

May says the man who plowed a van into a crowd of people leaving evening prayers acted alone and that people outside the mosque apprehended him.

Ten people were injured, with eight of them sent to hospitals, and police are investigating whether a man who died while being given first aid at the scene died from the attack or something else.

Speaking on the steps of Downing Street, May said the attack was a "reminder that terrorism, extremism, and hatred take many forms," and vowed to tackle all types of extremism, "including Islamophobia."

(Published Monday, June 19, 2017)

A note found in the van and Osborne's comments to police mentioned a case in which a group of Muslim men were convicted of sexually exploiting women and girls in England, as well as the deadly Manchester Arena and London Bridge attacks carried out by Islamic radicals just weeks earlier.

Although he denied the murder charges, Osborne did not hide his aim to kill.

Giving evidence, he said he drove to London hoping to attack a pro-Palestinian march where his intended victims would have included Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party.

When he could not reach the march because roads were closed, Osborne went looking for a mosque instead.

British police officers are on the scene in Seven Sisters Road in London after receiving reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians early Monday, June 19, 2017.

(Published Sunday, June 18, 2017)

Sue Hemming, head of counterterrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said Osborne "planned and carried out this attack because of his hatred of Muslims."

"We have been clear throughout that this was a terrorist attack, and he must now face the consequences of his actions," Hemming said.

Harun Khan, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, welcomed the verdict but said "we cannot be complacent and regard this as a one-off terrorist incident." He said Islamophobia was "not only prevalent in far-right circles, but also made acceptable in our mainstream."

Most of the arrests and attacks classified as terrorism in Britain in recent years have been motivated by Islamic extremism, but police say there is a growing threat from the far right. In 2016 Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to death by an attacker with extreme right-wing views.